Ginger

Products Ginger is contained in various medicinal products. These include capsules, which are approved as medicinal products (Zintona). It is also available as a tea, as an open product, in the form of ginger candies and as candied ginger. Also available is the essential oil. Fresh ginger can be purchased in grocery stores. Stem plant … Ginger

Datura: Medicinal Uses

Products Datura extracts are hardly used pharmaceutically today. Alternative medicine preparations such as homeopathics and the pure ingredients such as atropine and scopolamine are an exception. Stem plant Datura L. of the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Medicinal drug Stramonium leaves (Stramonii folium) are used as a medicinal raw material, the dried leaves or from the dried … Datura: Medicinal Uses

Coriander

Products The whole or ground medicinal raw material, as well as the essential oil and fatty oil, are available in pharmacies and drugstores. Medicinal products containing coriander are few in commerce. As a rule, they are tea mixtures. Stem plant Coriander, from the umbelliferae family (Apiaceae), is native to the Mediterranean region and is cultivated. … Coriander

Evening Primrose Oil

Products Pure evening primrose oil and evening primrose oil soft capsules are available in pharmacies and drugstores from various suppliers. Furthermore, body care products and cosmetics are available. The capsules are also known as EPO capsules. EPO stands for Evening Primrose Oil, English for evening primrose oil. Stem plant Evening primrose L., of the evening … Evening Primrose Oil

Benzoe Tree

Stem plant Styracaceae: Siambenzoe (Laos). Styracaceae: Sumatrabenzoe (Indonesia) Medicinal drug Benzoin: Is called siambenzoe or sumatrabenzoe, depending on the origin and stem plant. Benzoin is a resin that comes out after the trees are injured. Ingredients Benzoic acid Coniferyl alcohol Vanillin Effects Anti-inflammatory Expectorant Antimicrobial Antioxidant Indications Skin diseases Common colds

Birch: Medicinal Uses

Products Commercially available products include teas, tea blends, the cut medicinal drug, drops, and birch sap (selection). Extracts of birch leaves are typical ingredients of kidney and bladder dragées and kidney and bladder teas. Stem plant The parent plants are the birch trees (weeping birch) and (downy birch) of the birch family. Both species are … Birch: Medicinal Uses

Cascara Bark

Stem plant The parent plant of arnzeidroge is the American sloth tree D.C. of the buckthorn family. Medicinal drug Cascara bark (Rhamni purshiani cortex) is used as a medicinal drug. It consists of the dried whole or crushed bark of D.C. ( (D.C.) A. Gray) (PhEur). The pharmacopoeia requires a minimum content of hydroxyanthracene glycosides. … Cascara Bark

Rhaponti Rhubarb

Products The dry extract ERr 731 (femiLoges, formerly Phyto-Strol) from the roots of rhapontic rhubarb is commercially available in Germany in tablet form. It has not yet been approved in many countries. Medicinal drug The dried roots of rhapontic rhubarb are used as a medicinal raw material, Rhei rhapontici radix. The medicinal plant is also … Rhaponti Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Stem plant Baillon, Polygonaceae, rhubarb. Medicinal drug Rhei radix – Rhubarb root: Rhubarb root consists of the dried, whole or cut parts of L., Baillon, of hybrids of the two species, or of a mixture. The underground parts are often divided. The drug is stripped of the stem and largely of the outer bark with … Rhubarb

Goose Cinquefoil

Stem plant Rosaceae, goose cinquefoil. Medicinal drug Anserinae herba – goose cinquefoil. Preparations Anserinae herbae recentis succus Ingredients Tannins Flavonoids Phenolic carboxylic acids Effects astringent, antispasmodic Indications Diarrhea, crampy gastrointestinal symptoms, menstrual cramps. Skin diseases Inflammation of the mouth and throat Dosage As an infusion, daily dose 4 to 6 g. Contraindications Pregnancy Adverse effects … Goose Cinquefoil

Passionflower

Products Preparations containing passionflower herb are included in numerous medicinal products and are available in the form of teas, dragées, and as drops, among others. Monopreparations include, for example, Valverde Calming and Sidroga Calming Tea. In addition, various combination preparations are available. Passionflower herb is also available as an open product in pharmacies and drugstores. … Passionflower

Hauhechel

Stem plant Fabaceae, thorny knapweed. Medicinal drug Ononidis radix – Hauhechelwurzel: The whole or cut, dried root of L. (PhEur). Preparations Ononidis extractum ethanolicum siccum Ononidis radicis extractum ethanolicum siccum Ononidis tinctura Kidney and bladder teas Kidney and bladder lozenges Ingredients Flavonoids Essential oil Effects Diuretic Indications Flushing therapy for urinary tract infections, cystitis. Dosage … Hauhechel